FIFTY YEARS
محمد
N. D. L. Far Eastern Service
The existence of the N.D.L. roes back as far as 1857, when enterprising Bremen merchants, after small beginningș în river» · shipping on the Weser, founded the N.D.I as oversea shipping company plying between Europe and America.
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During the first thirty years of the development, when many a setback had to be overcome, the N.D.L. already extended its ser- vices-especially to America early as 1878 the first express steamers which at that time had still to be bullt i Enginad-were put into operation, vessels, which in those years were ranking in the first place of international ship
ping.
In 1182 the N.D.L. could look back en 25 years of existence, when their fleet consisted of almost a hundred Vessels totalling 100,000 B.R.T.
THE EXTENSION
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Besides the Far East Mail- steamer-service which developed in the meantime to its full extent, the j N.D.L. had succeeded to build up a wide net of coastal services i Fur Eastern waters, which at its height employed no less than 33 coast-and river-vessels.
None of these coastal services was however taken up again after the war with the exception of a monthly service from Hong Kong to the South Sea islands by the steamers "Bremerhaven" and Fi- derun" of which the former made her first voyage from the Colony in May 1929 while the latter, joined
her in October 1932.
SEA-GOING SHIPS
on a very
Through the war and the dictate of Versailles; Germany lost all her sea-going ships, and not earlier than 1921 a start could again be made
small scale, first of all, only in home, coast shipping. Gradually the flect could be increased by small- et, new constructions and re- purchases of former German ships,
New prospects for a consider- able extension of Its shipping lines arose in the middle of the eighties.
the when
Reichstag entrusted Fuers: Bismarck to arrive at an agreement with a German Ship- ping line for a regular Imperial mallsteang-service to the Far East and Australia. The agree- ment entered into with the ND.L. was at that time to hold 'good for 15 years. On June 30th 1886 the first. Imperial mailsteamer ang with these the services were "Oder"
commissioned Kor taken up again on the most im- the
East, For
leaving from portant routes. The Far East Bremerhaven, in the presence service was inaugulated again in of many Government officials and March 1822 by the freighter "West- deputies of merchants and Indus-falen," which was followed by fur- trialists. The s/s "Oder." although ther monthly sailings. Begin a ship of relative small size, judged | ning in January of the following by modern standards, received not year.
interim passenger- only a cordial welcome at the Farfreight service was opened with
the s/s "Weser” Eastern ports she visited but was,
and "Warra," moreover, an object of rather par- which in 1923 were joined by the ticular interest, seeing that she four vessels of the "Saarbruecken" was the first ship on the Far type and the pre-war mall steam-
er""Derfflinger.”
was
Eastern' run to have what was at that time something very much cut of the ordinary-the electric light.
The then following new Far Eas: steamers were some of the first larger vessels ever to be built in Germany.
THE PROBLEM
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In addition to the existing fort nightly mail steamer service with passenger vessels, a regular freight service already in 1914 was taken up, and it is for this reason that after the war the main attention was directed to the freight service, first of all owing to the fact that suitable vessels for the passenger trade were
The problem which the Imperial Mail Service to the Far East-and with it a similar service to Aus- tralla set the Norddeutscher Lloyd, was by no means a simple one, since it called upon them to embaly in their service two parts of the earth, with which they had not maintained regular connec-, other teri
then not available.
Until the beginning of 1928 freight vessels of only an elderly type were on the Far East run, however, in February of that year the type of the freighters was considerably Improved by Inauguration of the express-freighter, Lahn." An- steamers and three
the course of the next years, and all these vessels have proven to be a great success.
tions prior to the year 1886. How-motor-vessels of this type were ever, thanks to the help of a num- added to the Far Eastern feet in ber of their Agenetes abroad they succeed in doing so, and it is in- teresting to know, that of those very Agencies four are still in ex- istence, after serving the Company for Alty years; they are the fol- lowing: Messrs... Freudenberg and
AGENTS ALSO REJOICE
Since everything necessary for the modernisation of the freight
Co. (The Hangcate Trading Co.), at service had been done by putting these vessels into commission, the Ceylon; Messrs. Behn, Meyer and
out-of-date type of the
"Saar- Co., of Singapore; Messrs, Melchers and Co., China, and Messrs. Ahrensbruecken" class was felt to hamper and Co., Japan,
ip
The four vessels of the "Oder
type were, after some years, follow- ed by the three sister-ships "Preussen," "Bayern” and “Bach- sen" each of about 5000 B.R.T. and 4000 - H.P... while the smaller ves-
the passenger trade and means had to be found to build new ships.
which would
meet present-day. requirements of first class passen- ger vessels. Years went by with- out any results in this respect and only with the prospering of Ger- sels "Stettin," "Luebeck and many under the National Socialist "Danzig" served as the Far East.
oncarriers in
Regime it was possible to bring up new initiative and courage result- ing in the three express" Emers
Scharnhorst," "Potsdam" "Gneisenau," which are
and already well-known and
very Bopular amongst passengers well as
as
HONG KONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1936.
JAPANESE BRIBERY CHARGE
BAYONETS RULE
PEIPING
Foreigners Are Forcibly Driven Off Streets
EXTRAORDINARY
METHODS DURING
PARADE
Only
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so then how was it, that he wRS able to send the men to the house,
Mr. Sheldon then said that he was not questioning the honesty of Mo Kang but what he was getting at was that the Revenue Office had set out to get and had got Randall In this matter. In fact they en- couraged Randali to offer the bribe.
Mr. Sheldon then suggested that witness had asked Randall if he knew "Bob" and Randall had writ- ten the name down asking if he (witness) meant that. The tele- phone number was obtained in a Itke manner. This the witness denied. He further said that he had never seen Randall before this trial.
Pelping, June 23. Japanese troops took temporary possession of a section of Pelping this morning on the occasion of the presentation of a regimental
At this stage when the other de- flag from the Emperor, which ar-fendants were asked if they had rved from Tokyo last night. A questions to ask, the sixth defer- cordon was thrown round one sec- dant, stated that he had no ques- tion of the glacts, including the tag to ask as he had not been pavements of the two main streets able to hear any of the evidence which skirt the glacis.
he was deafl Japanese national were allowed on these pavements, all other persons being warned off, or, in cases where they objected, being forced away.
this Among those treated in manner was the wire of an officer attached to the French Legation Guard, who when she protested, had a bayonet thrust towards her body by a Japanese soldier, who made the lunge finish within an inch of her clothing.
His Lordship then said that for the benefit of the sixth defendant they would have to recall all the previous witnesses this morning
and read their evidence to this de- fendant.
Macao
H. K. POLICE
RESERVES
(Orders By The Hon. Mr. T. H. Klug, Inspector General Of Police)
CHINESE COMPANY Training Course (Part II):—AU recruits of the Chinese Company | who have not yet passed Part II. of Training Course" will" attend at the Chinese Company Headquar- ters on Tuesday, June 30 at 17.30 hours for instruction.
INDIAN COMPANY Inspection Parade and Company Photograph: An inspection parade and Company Photorgraph will be held at Central Police Station on Thursday, July 2 at 17.30 hours, Dress: White Uniform, Cap with White Cover, Belt with Brace, Truncheon, "Packet Policeman" and note-book to be carried, The make a
will
Equipment Officer point of being present. No ap- plication for leave will be granted
certicate. unless accompanied by a medicat
Sgd. C. CHAMPKIN, - D.S.P. (R). Hong Kong, June 29, 1936.
DUKE OF GLOUCESTER Private Visit To Emperor Of Abyssinia
Lendon, June '12. The Duke of Gloucester visited, the Emperor of Abyssinia last evening at his house, which ad- joins the Ethiopian Legation in Prince's Gate, London. The Duke "wore a sik hat and morning coat."
It was stated at the Legation that the visit was “informal and The Duke saw purely private." the Emperor' in Addis Ababa 'some when he represented King George at the Imperial Coronation.
TO DO IT FOR A JOB The evidence of Inspector M. Murphy was then given. He tosti- fled to the raid on the To Yum Restaurant and then read out "Randall's statement which stated Numerous cases of Chinese be- in part that Leung Yan had asked ing roughly handled by Japanese for $500 and Randall had gone to soldiers on the public streets ad-
and had borrowed the joining the parade ground are re-money. Leung wanted the mono- ported. In addition, an American poly of the raw opium business in officer dressed in civilian clothes Hong Kong and for this reason had a narrow escape from being wanted the $500 to give to the re- bayonetted.
venue officers. Randall wanted to He wis standing watching the parade trem
get a job in the United States years the
Treasury and to prove himself cap- street when a Japanese soldier ap-
able he had entered the business proached and ordered him to move
but had been arrested. back. The ofeer stood his ground, whereupon the soldier pushed the point of his bayonet into the man's
Inspector Murphy stated that he had found nothing incriminating at Randall's house when searched. stomach and lunged forward to
Trang Chung, C.RO. 76, the next move.. him back. The officer, how- ever. caught the bayonet in his another officer want to Randall's witness, stated that when he and hands and pushed it aside. soldier then drew back.
The
men
About 2,500 officers and paraded on the glacis, after which the men marched past, with Gen. Kawabe taking the salute. A few
house there was no man named Le Chim with them.
Wong Muk-lin, C.388, who went to, the To Yuen Restaurant posing
Chinese watched the ceremony, but IR 19 X the majority of the spectators were dressed in formal morning clothes. Japanese. Most of the men were
with which they wore topees or straw boaters.-(N.C.D.N.).
FIRE BRIGADE BUSY ON HOLIDAY
AMBULANCE CALLED TO PICK UP ABANDONED INFANT
Shanghai. June 2 The holiday spirit which do- minated in Shanghai among for eigners and Chinese alike, yester- day, proved to be no blessing to the operators of the Settlement am- number of calls, it was one of the bulance service, for, judging by the busiest days in the month. ginning early in the morning and up to about 9 p.m., about thirty calls were made from different parts of the Bettlement. Fortun- ately the majority of the cases in- volved no difficult or trying labour. A group of patients conveyed to
Be-
Already in 1892 the service was further supplemented by the 's/8 "Prinz Heinrich" and "Prinz Re- gent Luitpold." Vessels of the "Weimar Type were occasionally shippers. These vessels represent hospitals were injured in street 20- a type which will for a long time cidents and their conditions were answer all requirements of up-to-reported not to be serious. date passenger and freight- trame between the Far East and A unique call was received at 4.02 Europe.
also engaged on the Far Eastern
21...
In the beginning of the 20th century this service was operated by the vessels of the "Feldherr"' Туре such as s/s "Zleten,"
The Celebrations of the Jubilee
"Beydlitz," "Roon" and "Scharn- or the N.DL. Bremen, are shared
a.m. yesterday, when an ambulance was summoned to Yemping Road convey to the Red Cross Hospital & and Connaught Road corner to
horst," which later on were follow-by Melchers and Co., China, who male infant found abandoned m ed by a somewhat bigger type such have been Agents for the Line since
as the s/s "Buelow," "Goeben" the last 50 years. *Yorck." "Luetzow" and "Dert- finger." After some of the latter vessels were passed on to the Aus- tralian service, they were, sub- siltuted by 5/5 "Princess Alice," "Prinz Eitel Friedrich" and "Prinz Ludwig."
AFTER: 50 YEARS
In 1907, after 50 years of ex- istence, the NDI. held with re- gard to speed of its express- steamers the first place on the At- lantic and could not even be bent- en by England. ⠀⠀ In addition, an absolutely leading position had been acquired in the Far East. The fleet of the Company at that time consisted of somewhat like 800,000 Gross Reg. Tons. To give an idea of the vast extension of N.DL. ser- vices it may be said that already in 1908 N.DL. vessels covered more than six millions azutical miles.
DRUGS IN RICKSHAW CAUSE FIRE.
Suspects Held
By
Police
Settlement
the street.
One fatality was re- ported at 9.56 am., when, a Chin- ese collapsed at Miller and Yuhang Roads corner. He was conveyed to. St. Luke's Hospital, where he was certifled to be dead—(N.C.D.N.)..
cution, a
fre rickshaw was on in Connaught Road, shortly after 8 p.m. on May 1, and firemen who extinguished the blaze found in- flammable material used for the manufacture of drugs, carried in the rickshaw.
Shanghai. June 25, After about two months', in- vestigation following the dis- covery, of drugs in a public rick- Detectives who took up the case shaw in Connaught Road, the traced the material to 400. Con- Settlement Police have arrested naught Road but the tenant had Cheng Chun-thuen, a native of disappeared. Acting on secret in- Chaochow, Kuangtung, who yes formation, Bettlement Police, with terday was ordered by the First the assistance of the French Police, Special District Court to be de-arrested the suspect in the French tained. According to the prose-Concession on Tuesday night cution, a rickshaw was on the fire (NCD.N.)
ago
The Duke way with the Emperor for 15 minutes. An official at the. Legation described his visit as "a courtesy call."
dence after which Ko To, & boy in the Restaurant stated that the third defendant was the man who had engaged the room.
as a revenue offcer then gave eri-
The case was then adjourned.
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